No reversal of Brexit in Starmer's lifetime is simply realistic. There is no way the EU will accept an application to rejoin on any terms that the UK could consider. (View Post)

A supermajority is when the winning party can, in effect, supply the leader of the opposition. (View Post)

I voted for AV because, proportional or not, it would have meant a simple extension to STV at a later stage. I do not expect to get STV in my lifetime (I will see one more general election, if I am l… (View Post)

I just missed National Service in 1960. Even so its existence precluded me from taking a year after A levels (in 1957) to work somewhere which did not extend deferment. Restarting this will not encha… (View Post)

Why does it take so long to complete a count for one place in an FPTP election. Of course elections for a single post should use Extended AV, where the elector can vote against candidates, placing ou… (View Post)